Was out camping and the grey butcherbirds were not giving anything else a chance to come near us so my partner left some bread out to try an placate them and out of nowhere came this Bowerbird and took a piece of bread from right under their stunned noses.I would definately preferred the Bowerbird to not have a piece of food in its mouth but that is how it went. I think it is a female but did read somewhere that the non-matured males can look similar as well, so maybe someone could clarify this for me.
Shane
I know nothing about bower birds, so no help, sorry. We don't see them around here at all. This is a wonderful pic of the bird, and the story behind it makes it even more interesting. Cheeky bird!
Karen
Brisbane southside.
You have taken a lovely shot here.
Going by our book (Michael Morcombe Field Guide) it says that Immatures at first are like an adult female, in the third year the juvenile males develop a richer green throat, fourth year a solid green band across the breast and through fifth and sixth years dark blue or black feathers begin to appear with full blue-black adult plumage in the seventh year.
Shane ,this is a lovely photo, the only thing I don't like, is "the bread in his beak" , I plead with you, please don't feed bread to wild birds, it's not part of their natural diet and very harmful to them.
M-L
Thanks Cath and Shane, Looks like she is the female because the first photo I ever took of one had the green on the chest as you described, I will see if I can find it so the comparison will be obvious. Thanks for the info.
Regards Shane
Regards
Shane
Yes point taken Araminta and you are correct, I would rather see a bad photo of a bird in natural environs than a good photo where they have been lured unnaturally and this even though it was an organic heavy grain bread was not natural to it.
Regards Shane
Regards
Shane